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Housing vouchers are supposed to let anyone rent anywhere, so why do landlords still say no?
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In this episode
- Why the Fair Housing Act left voucher holders without protection
- How source-of-income discrimination works in practice
- What it actually takes to make housing vouchers usable
- The gap between how the voucher system is designed and how it functions
About this episode
Housing vouchers are a federally-funded payment system. They’re used by low-income people to rent a home — any home. Or at least, that’s how it’s supposed to work. While the Fair Housing Act of 1968 offered legal protections against discrimination based on race, religion, sex, and disability, there is nothing in it that says you can’t discriminate against someone based on how the source of their income.
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